The 2021 edition of the Utah Granfondo which is also known under the name Cache Granfondo had 1440 riders from 28 different US states at the start and counted for the second time as UCI qualifier event for the UCI Gran Fondo World Championships.
The Tour de Brisbane is part of the UCI Gran Fondo World Series since 2019 and is a first of its kind in Australia with start and finish in the city center featuring 110km of fully closed city roads. With five technical turns, four expressways, three tunnels, two bridges, and one major mountain climb – this is a once in a lifetime opportunity to ride in the Sunshine State of Queensland.
A total of 1300 have registered for the different distances in the Utah Granfondo in Logan, Cache Valley this weekend for the second US qualifier event in the UCI Gran Fondo World Series this year.
Given the difficult season in which we still see cancellations from qualifier events related to the Covid 19-pandemic and travel restrictions making it difficult for most events to have the same number of participants at the start compared to previous seasons, the UCI has decided to increase the percentage of qualified riders back to 25% instead of 20% which was applied since the 2019 World Championships in Poznan.
With an average speed of more than 49 km/h, Marcin Bialoblocki showed his good legs in the flat time trial over 20km on saturday, leaving the number 2 of the day, his compatriot Pawel Krol 40 seconds behind. Czech Martin Hecel scored the third time.
The organizers of the Italian qualifier event in Trento and the British qualifier in Peterborough have announced that their events unfortunately need to be cancelled for this season and move to 2022.